Removable cover



N0. 609,07l. Patented Aug. I6, I898.

B. L. AKINS.

REMOVABLE COVER.

(No Model.)

y WITNESSES: NVENTOHi. WWW RALPH L. mus

RALPH L. AKINS, OF NEWARK, NEWV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE HITE- HEAD &HOAG COMPANY, OF NEW JERSEY.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N 0. 609,071, dated August16, 1898.

Application filed April 12, 1897. Serial No. 631.698- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RALPH L. AKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvementsin Removable CoversorBackings for Books, Papers, Blotters, &c.; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which' form apart of thisspecification.

My invention is in the nature of a removable cover for books and thelike, and the invention relates more especially to a detachable coverfor memorandum or note books to enable the quick removal of the coverfrom the book when it has served its purpose and to supply the coverwith a new book.

The invention has for its primary object to provide a removable coverfor books, 850.,

which can be readily detached, is neat in appearance, and which may besuitablyornamented and serves admirably for the display of anadvertising-card.

A further object is to provide a cover of the character hereinabovestated comprising a spring-like backing adapted to clamp the boundportion ofthe book and a pair of covers, said covers being hinged tosaid backing by a flexible connection of leather or other suitablematerial to permit of the covers being opened to their fullestextent,'and also obviating the danger of the covers becoming detachedfrom the backing at the joint of connection, as is the case when thecovers are directly attached to the backing, as in the constructionsheretofore made.

The invention therefore consists in the novel construction of removablecover for books, 650., hereinafter set forth, and also in such othernovel arrangements and combinations of parts and in the details ofconstruction thereof as will be described in the accompanyingspecification and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

The invention is clearly illustratedin the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure l is a top View of a book andits removable cover embodyingthe principles of my present invention, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinalvertical section of the several parts illustrated in said Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a perspective view of the book before being inserted in the backingconnected withthe removable cover; and Fig. 4 is a detail section, on anenlarged scale, of the backing and the two covers hinged thereto bymeans of a flexible connection.

Similar letters of reference are employedin all of the above-describedviews to indicate corresponding parts.

In said drawings, a indicates the book proper, comprising therein theleaves a, which are bound together at a in any wellknown manner.

The bound portion a of the book a may be provided with a detachablebacking b, preferably made of a plastic material, as celluloid, or ametal backing may be employed, if

desired; but it will be understood that said backing b is not essentialand may be entirely dispensed with. The said backing b has its twoedges 1) bent inwardly to thoroughly clasp the bound portion a of thebook a, and can be slipped into a correspondingly-formed backing (1,which is lined onits inner surface with a flexible piece of material f,of leather or the like, said material being cemented, glued, orotherwise secured to said inner surface of the backing f. Said backing fmay be made of a plastic material, as celluloid, or of metal. Theflexible material fhas its ends f projecting beyond the clamping orholding ends d of the backing d, and cemented, glued, or otherwisesecured to the flexible ends f of said flexible connection f are the twocovers e and e. A desirable space g is left between the edges cl of thebacking d and the ends 6 of the two covers 6 and e, as will be clearlyseen from Figs. 1, 2, and 4, so as to expose a portion of the flexibleconnection f to produce a perfectly-operating hinge-joint, which permitsthe covers to be opened wide and thrown way back and the opening of theleaves a of. the book a to their fullest limit.

It will thus be seen that when the book a ZOO in place, and in thismanner any number of books can be substituted one for the other withoutthe least danger of the covers 6 and e becoming detached from thebacking d, the space g between the backing d and the covers permittingthe flexible connection to operate readily, which allows the covers tobe thrown back and the leaves of the book to be opened freely and closedwith facility.

In the manufacture of the removable backings and covers for books, 850.,I prefer to make the several forms of backings, as well as the covershereinabove described, of a plastic matter, such as celluloid or thelike, whereby the cost of construction is greatly reduced and the beautyof the article greatly enhanced. At the same time the plastic materialwill present no sharp edges, as is the case where backings or covers ofmetal are employed, and there is no danger of cutting the fingers intaking up the article, and in the case of a note or memorandum bookthere will be no danger of cutting the linings of the pocket in whichthe book is carried.

It will also be evident that when the backings or covers aremade of aplastic material their curved holding portions can be readily moldedwithout any danger of the turn ed portion breaking or presentingunsightly creases, as is so often the case when these parts are madefrom metal. The plastic material furthermore presents a surface of highpolish and a hard surface of great durability,which is not liable to thewear of metal, the plastic material retaining the design or imprint onits surface for a long period of ordinary wear Without deterioration inits finish.

It will also be evident that the holding or clamping portion of thebackings or covers, when made from plastic material, being molded, theshape thus given becomes its normal shape, and there is no dispositionin the part of the backing at its curved holding portion to open up, asis the tendency when these parts are stamped up in metal, but thetendency is rather to resist the withdrawal of the book or papers fromthe backing, which conduces to the permanence of the construction of thedevice.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim is 1. The combination,with a book, and a detachable backing I) having grasping edges 1) forgrasping the bound portion of the book, of a removable cover,consisting, essentially, of a backing d having grasping edges d adaptedto be slipped over said backing b, and covers connected with saidbacking d, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, with a book, and a detachable backing I) havinggrasping edges b for grasping the bound portion of the book, of aremovable cover, consisting, essentially, of a backing 01 havinggrasping edges (1 adapted to be slipped over said backing d, a pair ofcovers, and a flexible connection connecting said covers With saidbacking d in such a manner, to form open spaces g, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with a book, and a detachable backing I) havinggrasping edges 1), all molded from a plastic material and adapted tograsp the bound portion of the book, of a backing d having graspingedges d,all molded from a plastic material and adapted to be slippedover said backing b, a pair of covers, and a flexible connectionconnecting said covers with said backing d, in such a manner, to formopen spaces g, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 7th day of April, 1897.

RALPH L. AKINS.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, O. R. HOAG.

